Enrollment
323
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS ANGELES UNIFIED·NCES 062271002858
Blythe Street Elementary
18730 Blythe St., Reseda, CA 91335 · (818) 345-4066 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL323 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 66% of California public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
21.5:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
322 students
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 95 | 29% |
| Grade 1 | 36 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 41 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 47 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 57 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 47 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (95) is 102% larger than its 5th grade class (47).
Student demographics
29%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Blythe Street Elementary→Northridge Middle
Based on published attendance-zone data from Los Angeles Unified. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
36.5%
CA avg 49.1% . +22.5pp since 2014
Math
40.9%
CA avg 37.7% . +27.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 22 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 28 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 12.8% | 23.6% | 24.3% | 39.2% |
| Math | 17.6% | 23.3% | 27.0% | 32.1% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 36.5% | 40.9% |
| 2023-24 | 24.2% | 27.5% |
| 2022-23 | 17.9% | 14.5% |
| 2021-22 | 19.3% | 16.9% |
| 2018-19 | 18.2% | 14.2% |
| 2017-18 | 29.2% | 17.9% |
| 2016-17 | 18.8% | 7.7% |
| 2015-16 | 17.0% | 7.0% |
| 2014-15 | 14.0% | 13.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
33.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
21.1%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 21% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Blythe Street Elementary
Blythe Street Elementary's state test result (33.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blythe Street Elementary this school | 323 | 99.7% | 33.1% |
| Julie Korenstein Elementary North Hollywood | 311 | 96.5% | 26.9% |
| Kingsley Elementary Los Angeles | 288 | 96.5% | 36.6% |
| Lockwood Avenue Elementary Los Angeles | 285 | 96.5% | 30.9% |
| Roche Elementary Porterville | 334 | 97.9% | 29.2% |
| Burton Street Elementary Panorama City | 274 | 98.2% | 25.1% |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Blythe Street Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.1% | #3,160 of 5,151 | #796 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.9% | #2,232 of 5,172 ▲ 1,107 | #557 of 1,129 ▲ 281 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.5% | #3,273 of 5,172 ▲ 1,095 | #795 of 1,129 ▲ 226 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +20.6pp | #46 of 5,116 | #25 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 323 | #4,549 of 5,915 | #1,001 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.5:1 | #1,845 of 5,352 | #532 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 29.3% | #3,978 of 5,354 | #745 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.7% | #12 of 5,625 | #7 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -29.8% | #558 of 3,837 | #237 of 947 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
323
+21 (+7%) vs 2020
-34% since 1990-91, when it was 491
Student : Teacher
21.5:1
was 25.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 323 | 15 | 21.5:1 | 100% (322) |
| 2023-24 | 296 | 15 | 19.7:1 | 82% (242) |
| 2022-23 | 310 | 13 | 23.9:1 | 96% (298) |
| 2020-21 | 302 | 12 | 25.2:1 | 96% (289) |
| 2017-18 | 460 | 21 | 21.9:1 | 89% (410) |
| 2015-16 | 483 | 20 | 24.1:1 | 87% (421) |
| 2010-11 | 427 | N/A | N/A | 89% (382) |
| 2000-01 | 533 | 28 | 19.0:1 | 79% (422) |
| 1990-91 | 491 | 17 | 28.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Blythe Street Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 30% (460 to 323); teachers down 29% (21 to 15).
About Blythe Street Elementary
Blythe Street Elementary is a small elementary school with an address in Reseda, California. Classes run from kindergarten through 5, and the school has 323 students. Against the 465-student average for elementary schools in California, enrollment here is 31% lower.
The Los Angeles Unified system has 784 schools and 406,887 students.
Blythe Street Elementary's enrollment is 84% Hispanic. The school is also 6% Asian, 5% White, and 3% multiracial. That is higher than the 48% Hispanic share among all Los Angeles County residents. Blythe Street Elementary's diversity index is 29%, against a US figure of 70%.
Blythe Street Elementary operates with 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 21.5:1. On average, elementary schools in California have 22.3:1, compared with 21.5:1 here. Blythe Street Elementary reports 100% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The 70% average for public schools in Los Angeles County is 30 points lower.
Measured against California public elementary schools, Blythe Street Elementary receives a B+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On BeatsExpectations, Blythe Street Elementary is 11.9 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of California schools.
Across Los Angeles County, the median household income is $90,112, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. In all, Los Angeles County has 2,244 public schools and roughly 1,265,907 students.
John R. Wooden High is the nearest neighboring public school, less than a tenth of a mile away. The five-mile area around Blythe Street Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. Blythe Street Elementary ranks 3rd of 4 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 33.1% against a local average of 42.5%.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Large.
Blythe Street Elementary's enrollment climbed from 302 in 2020-21 to 323 in 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 25.2:1 to 21.5:1.
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Los Angeles County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
9,808,667
Census ACS
Median income
$90,112
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
2,244
1,265,907 students
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Frequently asked questions
About Blythe Street ElementaryHow large is Blythe Street Elementary?
Blythe Street Elementary enrolls approximately 323 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Blythe Street Elementary serve?
Blythe Street Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does Blythe Street Elementary have?
Blythe Street Elementary employs 15 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Blythe Street Elementary?
Student demographics at Blythe Street Elementary are roughly 5% White, 84% Hispanic, 2% Black, 6% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Blythe Street Elementary?
Blythe Street Elementary is overseen by Los Angeles Unified in Los Angeles County.
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